Vegetable-peeler



J. H. HAMLIN.

VEGETABLE PEELER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2I, I919.

1,347,09 l Patented July 20, 1920.

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VEGETABLE FEELER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY21, 1919.

Patented July 20, 1920.

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JOHN H. HAMLIN, or NEW YORK, N, Y.

To all whom it may concern e it known that I, JoHN H. ,ITAM'LIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New ork, have invented a new and Improved Vegetable-Peeler, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to vegetable cutters and peelers and has particular reference to means for the hand paring or peeling of potatoes or other analogous vegetables.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide an implement adapted to easily and quickly remove the peeling of a potato without wasting the best part of the potato or the part that has the best flavor directly beneath the skin.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hand operated implement having a self-contained reservoir of water for flush ing the surface of the vegetable being peeled.

A further object of the invention is to provide an abrasive implement for scraping or abrading off the peeling of a vegetable,

the implement'having in connection there-.

with sharp points or edges for removing eyes or faulty portions of the vegetable.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of the invention, a portion being broken away to show the cap structure; i Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig; 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail indicating the manner of constructing the abrasive body portion;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of amodified form of the invention Fig. 6, is a plan view of the same;

I. Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 21, '1919.

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ing on the lower VEGETABLE-PEELER.

Patented July 20, 1920. Serial No. 298,585.

Fig. 7 is a vertical horizontal section on the line 7+7 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a further and F 1g. 9 is a vertical transverse section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

more particularly to the drawings, I show an implement comprising "a body portion 10 of sheet metal or its equivalent, the same being punctured at numerous points as indicated at 11, providsurface a mass of burs ll. hese punctures serve a number of different purposes, among which the following: First, these burs and openings primarily serve to bond and assist in holding the abrading materials to the body; secondly, there are thus provided, especially at the central portion of the body, any suitable number of small openings or pores for the passage of water, and finally, they serve to give rigidity to the body, thus serving to keep the abradant surface from scaling off and serving to give depth of material.

The body described may be of any desired size or form, but preferably of a size and form convenient for hand operation. The side edges 12 are preferably turned upwardly far enough so that the operators fingers may span both of them while the central and flatter portion 13 of the body acts upon the potato or other vegetable. The ends 14 are turned upward somewhat, forming rounded flanges, and where the side any one of the side edges of the abrasive body may be employed for cutting out faulty portions or streaks in the body of the vegetable.

As shown especially in Fig. 4c, the plate of which the body is constructed and punctured, as above described, is faced with a coating of cement 16 or the like through which any suitable abrasive material 17 may be secured to the body. This material is preferably of a coarse gritty nature and acts easily and rapidly by minutely removing the skin or peeling when supplied with water.

18 indicates a reservoir secured to the outer or upper surface of the back and pro-.

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per end thereof. The cap is vided with a friction cap 19 closing the upprovided; with a hole preferably at its center "which is normally guarded by a flat cork disk 21 within the reservoir.

Preparatory to the operation of this implement, it is immersed in water which will flow into the reservoir filling the "sainean'd causing the disk 21 to be buoyed up against the cap'practica'lly sealing the same-or at 7 least preventing the splashing ofthe water within the r a left open during the application of the V out through the hole 20. As above premised, any suitable number of the punctures bottom of the reservoir may be abrasive material 17 to the body so that water from the reservoir will be dispensed through the pores as provided, keeping the surface of the potatofiushed while the abrasive operation is carried on. The water thus dispensed from the reservoir serves at least three important functionsz' First, it supplies thesurface of thevegetable with water rendering the skin or ,peeling more easily attacked by the sharpness of the abradant 'materi ls, a matter of great importance in practice; secondly, it keeps the vegetable flushed'clean so that the operator vents the clogging i provide a finger secured to the back portion of the body whereby the operator has a more positive can always tell how the work is progressing, and thirdly, it keeps the surface of the abrasive implement flushed clean from the particles of peeling, that is to say it preof the interstices of the abrasive surface.

The form shown in Figs. 5 to 7 provides an invertedsaucer like body 1O having a fluted edge '12. This body in its concave side is filled with a mass comprising abrasive materiall'? impregnated in a mass of cement or other suitable plastic material 16 As indicated in Fig. 7 the abrada-nt material may be impregnated throughout the mass of plastic material, but if desired the sharp cutting material may be impregnated only along the surface of the plasticmaterial or cement. At any desired place or places the bodylO may be provided with redua ed p'or-.

tionsforextensions such as indicated at 15 for a purpose fully explained above either aloneor in connection with theexposed serrated edges 22 I In, place of the reservoir 18 of water I piece or handle 23 rigidly control or grip iiponthe implement. ObVT.

ously-in the use of this form oflthe inventron the work must beperformed in a-pan or under a stream of running water forabove. In. F1

flushing and other purposes referred to s 8 and-9 I show "a form of the invention -in whie h no metal back or shell is 7 used, but rather the device consists esseninconnection with thejholes 11 :27, but obviously a receptacle of a similar to that of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 might and for similar abrasive material asflin Fig. and molded or formed into proper shape and size including a central cavity a small hole 25 in the center 'of the active face of the device for a purpose similar to that set forth above I provide also oppositely located cavities .or depressions 26 formed in'the side walls of thebody a whole ispractically of the device which as oval in plan view, having one end 15 more pointed'or acute than the other or substantially the same formas. shown in, Fig. 6. The depressions or cavities 26; afford an 2 1 in t-he form of a- -funnel leading from the center. of the back to and through easy finger grip while holding and manipulating the device. 7 V

The cavity 2 1 accommodates a water contamer indrcated as 1n the form of a sponge nature be attached to this form of the invention purposes. 7 serves very satisfactorily 1n retaining a suffi- The sponge cient quantity of water to keepthe active surface of the device flushed and for the other "purposes set forth in connection with the first set of figures.

I claim:

1. The herein described potatopeelingdevice comprising a body of rigid abrasive materialhavlng a plastic and gritty'sharp and abrasive surface, an edge of the body serving'as a cutting device for removing the eyes of the potatoes.

2. A vegetable peeler, comprising an apertured sheet metal body having peripheral lips or points, a cementitious material containing an ab 'asive material applied to the body and having openings registering with the openings of the body," and a water.

reservoiron'the upper surface of the body and in communication withthe openings'of the body and the .celnentitious material.

.3. In a potato peeling device,'the combination of a box provided with a bottom formed with an outside concave surface, a hard composition impregnated with gritty abrading materials on the outside of j the bottom, a plurality of perforations through thc'bottom and the abrading material which will allow a limited "flow of water "therethrough, and a cover on said box provided with a check valve.

4. A potato peeler, comprising a body having anabrasive lower face-and provided wlth openings leading through the abrasive i 1. surface, a water chamber on 'the upper'face of the body and lraving anapertured'tOp,

and a cork disk in the reservoir for closing the aperture "of the top of the chamber.

' JOHN rLHAMLIN; 

